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VOX Underperforms in Andalusia’s Regional Elections

Bridget Ryder June 21, 2022

VOX won 14 seats, increasing its presence in the local government by two deputies, but seeing its influence diminished compared to the last regional parliament, and achieving results far from the hoped for 20 seats.

Rural Spain Takes on the Capital to Protest its Abandonment

Bridget Ryder March 23, 2022

The annual protest to rally for politics in favour of rural areas has been going on for years, but this year’s demonstration brought out a record number of participants. Organisers, principally farmers and hunters associations, estimated that 400,000 people marched en masse through several of Madrid’s principal streets.

VOX Forms First Coalition Government in Spain

Bridget Ryder March 17, 2022

For both parties,VOX and Partido Popular, governing together is a test for a new model for the Spanish Right.

VOX Ascends Amid Civil War in the Spanish Center-Right

Bridget Ryder|Carlos Perona Calvete February 23, 2022

President of Madrid Isabel Ayuso was secretly investigated by her party—supporters claim. Polls are predicting that the PP could lose as much as 25% of its votes to VOX due to its own internal strife.

The Elections of Castilla y León and the Future of the Spanish Right

Carlos Perona Calvete February 22, 2022

The purpose of the center-Right in Spain is to flank the Left’s agenda, but the regional elections in Castilla y Leon have revealed that its electorate is no longer willing to go along with this.

The Right and Regionalists Win in Rural Spain

Bridget Ryder February 16, 2022

The elections captured international headlines as a barometer for possible change in Spanish politics, marked by a turn to the Right and the increasing influence of dissatisfied rural voters.

Spain: Children to Learn Gender is a ‘Social Construct’

Robert Semonsen February 13, 2022

At the beginning of the next school year, Spanish children aged six and under who’re enrolled in public schools will be taught that gender—rather than a biological reality—is a social construct.

Spain Moves to Create Commission to Investigate Abuse in the Church; Not Reception Centers

Carlos Perona Calvete February 8, 2022

Lack of unity on the issue of abuse of minors, and a lack of willingness to make investigations as comprehensive and thorough as possible, bespeaks a profound moral crisis.

Political Discrimination in the Spanish Government’s Allocation of Funds

Carlos Perona Calvete February 6, 2022

The Spanish center-right Partido Popular (PP) has complained that the socialist-led government is overwhelmingly directing European funds to municipalities governed by its party, in what seems to amount to systematic political discrimination.

The Spanish Women Challenging the Center-Right Status Quo

Bridget Ryder January 21, 2022

If the Partido Popular (PP) hopes to reconsolidate the Right and return it back under its centrally placed umbrella, it might be advised to follow the leads of Isabel Díaz Ayuso and Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo.